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TOWN OF LEXINGTON
COMMUNICATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MARCH 21, 2019
Call to order. CAC Chair Ken Pogran called the meeting to order at 6:34 PM in the
Parker Room (G-15), Town Office Building.
Members Present: Ken Pogran, Chair; Ben Moroze, Rita Vachani, Smita Desai, Bob
Avallone, Dorinda Goodman, Ramin Taraz and David Buczkowski. Others: None
Members Absent: David Becker, Nick Lauriat, and P.K. Shiu
Quorum: A quorum of members was present.
Others Present: none.
Materials Referenced:
Draft Meeting Minutes for January 17, 2019; LexMedia 2019 Q2 Report; and CAC Draft
Response to LexMedia 2019 Q2 report
1. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
The approval of the minutes of the meeting of January 17, 2019 was postponed to
the April 18, 2019 meeting as Mr. Shiu was absent.
2. Service Provider Reports:
Mr. Steel was absent, as he was at the American Cable Association meeting in
Washington, D.C. The Comcast and Verizon service filings were received by the
Town.
3. Selectman’s Report:
Mr. Pato was not present, so there was no report.
4. Chairman’s Report
The Chair set the May meeting to meet at LexMedia.
The Chair forwarded the complaint spread sheet to Mr. Moroze to create a Google
Docs form. Old information will be added other new form. A discussion was held
regarding whether complaints are a public record.
The next meeting was set for April 18, 2019.
5. LexMedia Update
Ms. DelSanto was not present, so she submitted a written report to the Chair. The
Selectmen’s Meeting Room is complete with HD cameras. Closed captioning
will be added for the recordings of Town Meeting sessions, but it will not be
broadcast live that way. Ms. DelSanto would like the cameras updated at the High
School auditorium as there is a problem with the white balance. The current
cameras belong to the School Department. Ms. Goodman will confirm ownership
and who originally paid for the cameras.
6. RCN 2019 License Renewal:
Ms. Goodman suggested requesting two fibers and additional bandwidth over the
length of the new license. The Committee discussed the Town’s history of
communications needs and what was provided by RCN.
7. PEG Accounts Update
Nothing this month. The semi-annual review will be presented in April.
8. Regulatory and Legislative Updates:
a. The Chair gave a presentation on the FCC’s proposed rulemaking regarding
“in-kind” contributions and related that the FCC may act on this in April 2019.
b. Net Neutrality – Mr. Avallone reported that Democrats in Congress will likely
resurrect Net Neutrality in April.
9. Town IT Updates:
Ms. Goodman reported that the Town has obtained more IP addresses from RCN.
She wants to forward a video on 5G service. She spoke of Verizon webinars on
public safety and “COWs” (Cells on Wheels)
10. Wireless Applications:
There were no new cell site applications, nor any updates on previously filed
applications.
12. Complaints
No new complaints. The upcoming complaint persons are as follows: Mr. Moroze
(April) and Mr. Lauriat (May)
13. New business
None.
14. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
David J. Buczkowski